Rock Paper ShotgunMar 29, 2023
Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/australian-government-cracks-down-on-loot-boxes-and-in-game-gambling-with-new-age-rating-proposals #AustralianClassificationBoard #Blockbuster #lootboxes #Gambling #Business #Sports
Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals

The Australian government has proposed changes to their classification system to crack down on loot boxes and simulated gambling.

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Rock Paper ShotgunMar 7, 2022
RimWorld pulled from sale on Steam in Australia, as an affront to pubic morality, decency, and propriety - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rimworld-pulled-from-sale-on-steam-in-australia-as-an-affront-to-pubic-morality-decency-and-propriety #AustralianClassificationBoard #LudeonStudios #Simulation #censorship #Australia #RimWorld #Sandbox
RimWorld pulled from sale on Steam in Australia, as an affront to pubic morality, decency, and propriety

Excellent colony-building sim RimWorld is no longer sold on Steam in Australia after local censors deemed it too violent and drugged-up.

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Rock Paper ShotgunMar 23, 2021
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut refused classification in Australia - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/8aW1VBPXV_s/disco-elysium-the-final-cut-refused-classification-in-australia #AustralianClassificationBoard #DiscoElysium #ZA/UM
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut refused classification in Australia

Unless developers ZA/UM make a few changes to censor or cut the "abhorrent phenomena" Australia don't like, The Final Cut won't be released down under.

Rock Paper ShotgunSep 10, 2019
Life Is Strange 2 runs into ratings trouble down under - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/3klBdjMsTsM/ #AustralianClassificationBoard #DontnodEntertainment #PCGameNews #SquareEnix #Australia
Life Is Strange 2 runs into ratings trouble down under

Life Is Strange 2 is being temporarily pulled from sale in Australia while the Classification Board reconsider the game's age rating.

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